An Anonymous Coward writes:Australian science people and a bunch of teachers have discovered three new spider species in a remote alpine region. Given Australia has so many spiders, and indeed other deadly creatures, it is a wonder they look for more. One of the new spiders discovered is a 'jumping spider' that 'looks like a "liquorice-all-sort" and is a "ferocious hunter" that camouflages as a tree branch'. In typical Australian style, another looks like an eight eyed puppy. No, really.
Motor Trend and probably many other sources report on the recall of all Teslas with FSD, https://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-admits-full-self-driving-crashes-recalls-360000-cars/
quietus writes:It is now legal to hack into any company or government institution in Belgium, but only under certain circumstances.That's the result of a new law on whistleblower protection that came into effect on February 15. Under the law, any citizen with the Belgian nationality is allowed to breach networks of Belgian legal entities without any previous notification or consent, provided he/she describes and reports the breach to the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium within 72 hours, and does not request a reward for it.
Mykl writes:An article over at The Register describes how Bing's new Ai powered Chat service (currently in a limited Beta test) lied, denied, and claimed a hoax when presented with evidence that it was susceptible to Prompt Injection attacks. A user named "mirobin" posted a comment to Reddit describing a conversation he had with the bot:
upstart writes:The University of Sussex researchers claim their method allows microchips to be slotted together like jigsaw pieces to make more powerful quantum computers:
takyon writes:To date, astronomers have predicted 7 asteroid impacts in advance of their collision with Earth (and another 2 unconfirmed). 2023 CX was an approximately meter-sized asteroid discovered on February 12 by Krisztián Sárneczky. Observatories announced its impending strike a few hours in advance, giving photographers a chance to aim their cameras at the expected landing site in Normandy, France:
upstart writes:The telecoms providers said the upcoming platform is designed to give customers control over their data which is currently collected by 'major, non-European players':
upstart writes:The automaker closed a hole that allowed a security researcher to gain system administrator access to more than 14,000 corporate and partner accounts and troves of sensitive data: